Joshua….Y’hoshua

1:1Now it happened after the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh, that Yahweh spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses'
minister, saying, 1:2Moses
my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you, and all this
people, to the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel. 1:3Every place that
the sole of your foot shall tread on, to you have I given it, as I spoke to
Moses. 1:4From
the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even to the great river, the river
Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the great sea toward the
going down of the sun, shall be your border. 1:5There shall not any man be able to
stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be
with you; I will not fail you, nor forsake you. 1:6Be strong and of good courage; for you
shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to
give them. 1:7Only
be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law,
which Moses my servant commanded you: don't turn from it to the right hand or
to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go. 1:8This book of the law shall not depart
out of your mouth, but you shall meditate thereon day and night, that you may
observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall
make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success. 1:9Haven't I commanded you? Be strong and
of good courage; don't be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is
with you wherever you go. 1:10Then
Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, 1:11Pass through the midst of the camp,
and command the people, saying, Prepare food; for within three days you are
to pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh your God
gives you to possess it. 1:12To
the Reubenites, and to the Gadites,
and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, spoke Joshua, saying, 1:13Remember the word which Moses the
servant of Yahweh commanded you, saying, Yahweh your God gives you rest, and
will give you this land. 1:14Your
wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall abide in the land which Moses
gave you beyond the Jordan; but you shall pass over before your brothers
armed, all the mighty men of valor, and shall help them; 1:15until Yahweh have given your brothers
rest, as he has given you, and they also have possessed the land which
Yahweh your God gives them: then you shall return to the land of your
possession, and possess it, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave you beyond
the Jordan toward the sunrise. 1:16They
answered Joshua, saying, All that you have commanded us we will do, and
wherever you send us we will go. 1:17According
as we listened to Moses in all things, so will we listen to you: only Yahweh
your God be with you, as he was with Moses. 1:18Whoever he be who shall rebel against
your commandment, and shall not listen to your words in all that you command
him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of good courage.

2:1Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim
two men as spies secretly, saying, Go, view the land, and Jericho. They went
and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and lay there. 2:2It was told the
king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in here tonight of the
children of Israel to search out the land. 2:3The king of Jericho sent to Rahab,
saying, Bring forth the men who are come to you, who have entered into your
house; for they have come to search out all the land. 2:4The woman took the two men, and hid
them; and she said, Yes, the men came to me, but I didn't know whence they
were: 2:5and it
happened about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that
the men went out; where the men went I don't know: pursue after them quickly;
for you will overtake them. 2:6But
she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax,
which she had laid in order on the roof. 2:7The men pursued after them the way to
the Jordan to the fords: and as soon as those who pursued after them were
gone out, they shut the gate. 2:8Before
they were laid down, she came up to them on the roof; 2:9and she said to the men, I know that
Yahweh has given you the land, and that the fear of you is fallen on us, and
that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you. 2:10For we have heard how Yahweh dried up
the water of the Red Sea before you, when you came out of Egypt; and what you
did to the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and to Og, whom you
utterly destroyed. 2:11As
soon as we had heard it, our hearts did melt, neither
did there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you: for Yahweh your
God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath. 2:12Now therefore, please swear to me by
Yahweh, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly
with my father's house, and give me a true token; 2:13and that you will save alive my
father, and my mother, and my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they
have, and will deliver our lives from death. 2:14The men said to her, Our life for
yours, if you don't utter this our business; and it shall be, when Yahweh
gives us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you. 2:15Then she let
them down by a cord through the window: for her house was on the side of the
wall, and she lived on the wall. 2:16She
said to them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers light on you; and
hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and
afterward may you go your way. 2:17The
men said to her, We will be guiltless of this your oath which you have made
us to swear. 2:18Behold,
when we come into the land, you shall bind this line of scarlet thread in the
window which you did let us down by: and you shall gather to you into the
house your father, and your mother, and your brothers, and all your father's
household. 2:19It
shall be, that whoever shall go out of the doors of your house into the
street, his blood shall be on his head, and we shall be guiltless: and
whoever shall be with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if
any hand be on him. 2:20But
if you utter this our business, then we shall be guiltless of your oath which
you have made us to swear. 2:21She
said, According to your words, so be it. She sent them away, and they
departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window. 2:22They went, and came to the mountain,
and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the
pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but didn't find them. 2:23Then the two
men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to
Joshua the son of Nun; and they told him all that had happened to them. 2:24They said to
Joshua, Truly Yahweh has delivered into our hands all the land; and moreover
all the inhabitants of the land do melt away before us.

3:1Joshua rose up early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children
of Israel; and they lodged there before they passed over. 3:2It happened after three days, that the
officers went through the midst of the camp; 3:3and they commanded the people, saying,
When you see the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God, and the priests the
Levites bearing it, then you shall remove from your place, and go after it. 3:4Yet there shall
be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: don't
come near to it, that you may know the way by which you must go; for you have
not passed this way heretofore. 3:5Joshua
said to the people, Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow Yahweh will do wonders
among you. 3:6Joshua
spoke to the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over
before the people. They took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the
people. 3:7Yahweh
said to Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify you in the sight of all Israel,
that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. 3:8You shall command
the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When you are come to
the brink of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan. 3:9Joshua said to
the children of Israel, Come here, and hear the words of Yahweh your God. 3:10Joshua said,
Hereby you shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will
without fail drive out from before you the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and
the Hivite, and the Perizzite,
and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite. 3:11Behold,
the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passes over before you
into the Jordan. 3:12Now
therefore take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.
3:13It shall
come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of
Yahweh, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off,
even the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in one heap. 3:14It happened,
when the people removed from their tents, to pass over the Jordan, the
priests who bore the ark of the covenant being before the people; 3:15and when those
who bore the ark were come to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests who
bore the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (for the Jordan overflows
all its banks all the time of harvest), 3:16that the waters which came down from
above stood, and rose up in one heap, a great way off, at Adam, the city that
is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward
the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were
wholly cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho. 3:17The priests who
bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh stood firm on dry ground in the midst
of the Jordan; and all Israel passed over on dry ground, until all the nation
were passed clean over the Jordan.

4:1It happened, when all the nation were clean passed over the
Jordan, that Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying, 4:2Take twelve men out of the people, out
of every tribe a man, 4:3and
command you them, saying, Take hence out of the midst of the Jordan, out of
the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and carry them
over with you, and lay them down in the lodging-place, where you shall lodge
this night. 4:4Then
Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel,
out of every tribe a man: 4:5and
Joshua said to them, Pass over before the ark of Yahweh your God into the
midst of the Jordan, and take up every man of you a stone on his shoulder,
according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel; 4:6that this may be
a sign among you, that when your children ask in time to come, saying, What
do you mean by these stones? 4:7then
you shall tell them, Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the
ark of the covenant of Yahweh; when it passed over the Jordan, the waters of
the Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial to the
children of Israel forever. 4:8The
children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out
of the midst of the Jordan, as Yahweh spoke to Joshua, according to the
number of the tribes of the children of Israel; and they carried them over
with them to the place where they lodged, and laid them down there. 4:9Joshua set up
twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the
priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there to this
day. 4:10For the
priests who bore the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan, until everything
was finished that Yahweh commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according
to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hurried and passed over. 4:11It happened,
when all the people had completely passed over, that the ark of Yahweh passed
over, with the priests, in the presence of the people. 4:12The children of Reuben, and the
children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the
children of Israel, as Moses spoke to them: 4:13about forty thousand ready armed for
war passed over before Yahweh to battle, to the plains of Jericho. 4:14On that day
Yahweh magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as
they feared Moses, all the days of his life. 4:15Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying, 4:16Command the
priests who bear the ark of the testimony, that they
come up out of the Jordan. 4:17Joshua
therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come up out of the Jordan. 4:18It happened,
when the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh were come up out
of the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up
to the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place, and
went over all its banks, as before. 4:19The people came up out of the Jordan
on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east
border of Jericho. 4:20Those
twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, did Joshua set up in
Gilgal. 4:21He
spoke to the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their
fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones? 4:22Then you shall let your children
know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. 4:23For Yahweh your God dried up the
waters of the Jordan from before you, until you were passed over, as Yahweh
your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were
passed over; 4:24that
all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of Yahweh, that it is mighty;
that you may fear Yahweh your God forever.

5:1It happened, when all the kings of the Amorites, who were
beyond the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, who were by
the sea, heard how that Yahweh had dried up the waters of the Jordan from
before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart
melted, neither was there spirit in them any more,
because of the children of Israel. 5:2At
that time Yahweh said to Joshua, Make you flint knives, and circumcise again
the children of Israel the second time. 5:3Joshua made himself flint knives, and
circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins. 5:4This is the cause
why Joshua did circumcise: all the people who came forth out of Egypt, who
were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after
they came forth out of Egypt. 5:5For
all the people who came out were circumcised; but all the people who were
born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, they had
not circumcised. 5:6For
the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the
nation, even the men of war who came forth out of Egypt, were consumed,
because they didn't listen to the voice of Yahweh: to whom Yahweh swore that
he wouldn't let them see the land which Yahweh swore to their fathers that he
would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey. 5:7Their children, whom he raised up in
their place, them did Joshua circumcise: for they
were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way. 5:8It happened, when
they had done circumcising all the nation, that they
abode in their places in the camp, until they were whole. 5:9Yahweh said to Joshua, This day have I
rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Therefore the name of that
place was called Gilgal, to this day. 5:10The children of Israel encamped in
Gilgal; and they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even
in the plains of Jericho. 5:11They
ate of the produce of the land on the next day after the Passover, unleavened
cakes and parched grain, in the same day. 5:12The manna ceased on the next day,
after they had eaten of the produce of the land; neither had the children of
Israel manna any more; but they ate of the fruit of
the land of Canaan that year. 5:13It
happened, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked,
and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his
hand: and Joshua went to him, and said to him, Are you for us, or for our
adversaries? 5:14He
said, No; but as prince of the host of Yahweh am I now come. Joshua
fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said to him, What says my
lord to his servant? 5:15The
prince of Yahweh's host said to Joshua, Put off your shoe from off your foot;
for the place whereon you stand is holy. Joshua did so.

6:1Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the children of
Israel: none went out, and none came in. 6:2Yahweh said to Joshua, Behold, I have
given into your hand Jericho, and the king of it, and the mighty men of
valor. 6:3You
shall compass the city, all the men of war, going about the city once. Thus
shall you do six days.6:4Seven priests shall bear seven
trumpets of rams' horns before the ark: and the seventh day you shall compass
the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. 6:5It shall be that when they make a long
blast with the ram's horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all
the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall
fall down flat, and the people shall go up every man straight before him. 6:6Joshua the son of
Nun called the priests, and said to them, Take up the ark of the covenant,
and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of
Yahweh. 6:7They
said to the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let the armed men pass
on before the ark of Yahweh. 6:8It
was so, that when Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests bearing
the seven trumpets of rams' horns before Yahweh passed on, and blew the
trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of Yahweh followed them. 6:9The armed men went before the priests
who blew the trumpets, and the rearward went after the ark, the priests
blowing the trumpets as they went. 6:10Joshua commanded the people, saying, You shall not
shout, nor let your voice be heard, neither shall any word proceed out of
your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall you shout. 6:11So he caused
the ark of Yahweh to compass the city, going about it once: and they came
into the camp, and lodged in the camp. 6:12Joshua rose early in the morning, and
the priests took up the ark of Yahweh. 6:13The seven priests bearing the seven
trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of Yahweh went on continually, and
blew the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; and the rearward came
after the ark of Yahweh, the priests blowing the trumpets as they
went. 6:14The
second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they
did six days. 6:15It
happened on the seventh day, that they rose early at the dawning of the day,
and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on the day
they compassed the city seven times. 6:16It happened at the seventh time, when
the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, Shout; for Yahweh
has given you the city. 6:17The
city shall be devoted, even it and all that is therein, to Yahweh: only Rahab
the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because
she hid the messengers that we sent. 6:18But as for you, only keep yourselves
from the devoted thing, lest when you have devoted it, you take of the
devoted thing; so would you make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble it.
6:19But all the
silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are holy to Yahweh: they
shall come into the treasury of Yahweh. 6:20So the people shouted, and the
priests blew the trumpets; and it happened, when the people heard the
sound of the trumpet, that the people shouted with a great shout, and the
wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man
straight before him, and they took the city. 6:21They utterly destroyed all that was
in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, and sheep, and
donkey, with the edge of the sword. 6:22Joshua said to the two men who had
spied out the land, Go into the prostitute's house, and bring out there the
woman, and all that she has, as you swore to her. 6:23The young men the spies went in, and
brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brothers, and all
that she had; all her relatives also they brought out; and they set them
outside of the camp of Israel. 6:24They
burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein; only the silver, and the
gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the
house of Yahweh. 6:25But
Rahab the prostitute, and her father's household, and all that she had, did
Joshua save alive; and she lived in the midst of Israel to this day, because
she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. 6:26Joshua charged them with an oath at
that time, saying, Cursed be the man before Yahweh, that rises up and builds
this city Jericho: with the loss of his firstborn shall he lay the foundation
of it, and with the loss of his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
6:27So Yahweh
was with Joshua; and his fame was in all the land.

7:1But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the
devoted thing; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son
of Zabdi, the son of Zerah,
of the tribe of Judah, took of the devoted thing: and the anger of Yahweh was
kindled against the children of Israel. 7:2Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai,
which is beside Beth Aven, on the east side of
Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, Go up and spy out the land. The men went
up and spied out Ai. 7:3They
returned to Joshua, and said to him, Don't let all the people go up; but let
about two or three thousand men go up and strike Ai; don't make all the
people to toil there; for they are but few. 7:4So there went up there of the people
about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai. 7:5The men of Ai struck of them about
thirty-six men; and they chased them from before the gate even to Shebarim, and struck them at the descent; and the hearts
of the people melted, and became as water. 7:6Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to
the earth on his face before the ark of Yahweh until the evening, he and the
elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads. 7:7Joshua said, Alas, Lord Yahweh, why
have you at all brought this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the
hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? would
that we had been content and lived beyond the Jordan! 7:8Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that
Israel has turned their backs before their enemies! 7:9For the Canaanites and all the
inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will compass us round, and cut
off our name from the earth: and what will you do for your great name? 7:10Yahweh said to
Joshua, Get you up; why are you thus fallen on your face? 7:11Israel has sinned; yes, they have
even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: yes, they have even
taken of the devoted thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also; and
they have even put it among their own stuff. 7:12Therefore the children of Israel
can't stand before their enemies; they turn their backs before their enemies,
because they are become accursed: I will not be with you any more, except you
destroy the devoted thing from among you. 7:13Up, sanctify the people, and say,
Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow: for thus says Yahweh, the God of
Israel, There is a devoted thing in the midst of you, Israel; you can not stand before your enemies, until you take away
the devoted thing from among you. 7:14In
the morning therefore you shall be brought near by
your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which Yahweh takes shall come
near by families; and the family which Yahweh shall take shall come near by
households; and the household which Yahweh shall take shall come near man by
man. 7:15It
shall be, that he who is taken with the devoted thing shall be burnt with
fire, he and all that he has; because he has transgressed the covenant of
Yahweh, and because he has done folly in Israel. 7:16So Joshua rose up early in the
morning, and brought Israel near by their tribes;
and the tribe of Judah was taken: 7:17and
he brought near the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zerahites: and he brought near the family of the Zerahites man by man; and Zabdi
was taken: 7:18and
he brought near his household man by man; and Achan,
the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken. 7:19Joshua said to Achan,
My son, please give glory to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and make confession
to him; and tell me now what you have done; don't hide it from me. 7:20Achan answered
Joshua, and said, Of a truth I have sinned against Yahweh, the God of Israel,
and thus and thus have I done: 7:21when
I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylonian mantle, and two hundred shekels of
silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and
took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent,
and the silver under it. 7:22So
Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and, behold, it was hid in
his tent, and the silver under it. 7:23They took them from the midst of the tent, and
brought them to Joshua, and to all the children of Israel; and they laid them
down before Yahweh. 7:24Joshua,
and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the mantle, and the wedge of
gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his donkeys, and his
sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them up to the
valley of Achor. 7:25Joshua said, Why have you troubled
us? Yahweh shall trouble you this day. All Israel stoned him with stones; and
they burned them with fire, and stoned them with stones. 7:26They raised over him a great heap of
stones, to this day; and Yahweh turned from the fierceness of his anger.
Therefore the name of that place was called "The valley of Achor" to this day.

8:1Yahweh said to Joshua, Don't be afraid, neither be dismayed:
take all the people of war with you, and arise, go up to Ai; behold, I have
given into your hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his
land; 8:2You
shall do to Ai and her king as you did to Jericho and her king: only the
spoil of it, and the cattle of it, shall you take for a prey to yourselves:
set you an ambush for the city behind it. 8:3So Joshua arose, and all the people of
war, to go up to Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand men, the mighty men
of valor, and sent them forth by night. 8:4He commanded them, saying, Behold, you
shall lie in ambush against the city, behind the city; don't go very far from
the city, but be all ready: 8:5and I, and all the people who are with
me, will approach to the city. It shall happen, when they come out against
us, as at the first, that we will flee before them; 8:6and they will come out after us, until
we have drawn them away from the city; for they will say, They flee before
us, as at the first: so we will flee before them; 8:7and you shall rise up from the ambush,
and take possession of the city: for Yahweh your God will deliver it into
your hand. 8:8It
shall be, when you have seized on the city, that you shall set the city on
fire; according to the word of Yahweh shall you do: behold, I have commanded
you. 8:9Joshua
sent them forth; and they went to set up the ambush, and stayed between
Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the
people. 8:10Joshua
arose up early in the morning, and mustered the people, and went up, he and
the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai. 8:11All the people, even the men
of war who were with him, went up, and drew near, and came before the
city, and encamped on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between
him and Ai. 8:12He
took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai,
on the west side of the city. 8:13So
they set the people, even all the host who was on the north of the city, and
their liers-in-wait who were on the west of the
city; and Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley. 8:14It happened, when the king of Ai saw
it, that they hurried and rose up early, and the men of the city went out
against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the time appointed,
before the Arabah; but he didn't know that there
was an ambush against him behind the city. 8:15Joshua and all Israel made as if they
were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. 8:16All the people
who were in the city were called together to pursue after them: and they
pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city. 8:17There was not a man left in Ai or
Beth El, who didn't go out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued
after Israel. 8:18Yahweh
said to Joshua, Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand toward Ai; for I
will give it into your hand. Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his
hand toward the city. 8:19The
ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had
stretched out his hand, and entered into the city, and took it; and they
hurried and set the city on fire. 8:20When
the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city
ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way:
and the people who fled to the wilderness turned back on the pursuers. 8:21When Joshua and
all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the
city ascended, then they turned again, and killed the men of Ai. 8:22The others came
forth out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some
on this side, and some on that side: and they struck them, so that they let
none of them remain or escape. 8:23The
king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. 8:24It happened, when Israel had made an
end of killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness in
which they pursued them, and they were all fallen by the edge of the sword,
until they were consumed, that all Israel returned to Ai, and struck it with
the edge of the sword. 8:25All
that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the
men of Ai. 8:26For
Joshua didn't draw back his hand, with which he stretched out the javelin,
until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. 8:27Only the cattle and the spoil of that
city Israel took for prey to themselves, according to the word of Yahweh
which he commanded Joshua. 8:28So
Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap forever, even a desolation, to this day. 8:29The king of Ai
he hanged on a tree until the evening: and at the going down of the sun
Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree, and cast it at
the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised thereon a great heap of
stones, to this day. 8:30Then
Joshua built an altar to Yahweh, the God of Israel, in Mount Ebal, 8:31as
Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded the children of Israel, as it is
written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of uncut stones, on which
no man had lifted up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings to
Yahweh, and sacrificed peace-offerings. 8:32He wrote there on the stones a copy
of the law of Moses, which he wrote, in the presence of the children of
Israel. 8:33All
Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, stood on this side
of the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, who bore the ark
of the covenant of Yahweh, as well the foreigner as the native; half of them
in front of Mount Gerizim, and half of them in front of Mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of Yahweh had commanded at the
first, that they should bless the people of Israel. 8:34Afterward he read all the words of
the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the
book of the law. 8:35There
was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua didn't read before
all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and the little ones, and the
foreigners who were among them.

9:1It happened, when all the kings who were beyond the Jordan,
in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and on all the shore of the great
sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard of it; 9:2that they gathered themselves
together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord. 9:3But when the
inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai, 9:4they also
resorted to a ruse, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and
took old sacks on their donkeys, and wine-skins, old and torn and bound up, 9:5and old and
patched shoes on their feet, and old garments on them; and all the bread of
their provision was dry and was become moldy. 9:6They went to Joshua to the camp at
Gilgal, and said to him, and to the men of Israel, We are come from a far
country: now therefore make you a covenant with us. 9:7The men of Israel said to the Hivites, What if you dwell among us; and how shall we
make a covenant with you? 9:8They
said to Joshua, We are your servants. Joshua said to them, Who are you? and from whence come you? 9:9They said to him, From a very far
country your servants are come because of the name of Yahweh your God: for we
have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt, 9:10and all that he did to the two kings
of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon
king of Heshbon, and to Og
king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth. 9:11Our elders and
all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, Take provision in
your hand for the journey, and go to meet them, and tell them, We are your
servants: and now make you a covenant with us. 9:12This our bread we took hot for our
provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go to you; but now,
behold, it is dry, and is become moldy: 9:13and these wine-skins, which we
filled, were new; and, behold, they are torn: and these our garments and our
shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey. 9:14The men took of their provision, and
didn't ask counsel at the mouth of Yahweh. 9:15Joshua made peace with them, and made
a covenant with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation
swore to them. 9:16It
happened at the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and
that they lived among them. 9:17The
children of Israel traveled, and came to their cities on the third day. Now
their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and KiriathJearim. 9:18The
children of Israel didn't strike them, because the princes of the
congregation had sworn to them by Yahweh, the God of Israel. All the
congregation murmured against the princes. 9:19But all the princes said to all the
congregation, We have sworn to them by Yahweh, the God of Israel: now
therefore we may not touch them. 9:20This
we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be on us, because of the
oath which we swore to them. 9:21The
princes said to them, Let them live: so they became wood cutters and drawers
of water to all the congregation, as the princes had spoken to them. 9:22Joshua called
for them, and he spoke to them, saying, Why have you deceived us, saying, We
are very far from you; when you dwell among us? 9:23Now therefore you are cursed, and
there shall never fail to be of you bondservants, both wood cutters and
drawers of water for the house of my God. 9:24They answered Joshua, and said,
Because it was certainly told your servants, how that Yahweh your God
commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the
inhabitants of the land from before you; therefore we were sore afraid for
our lives because of you, and have done this thing. 9:25Now, behold, we are in your hand: as
it seems good and right to you to do to us, do. 9:26So did he to
them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they
didn't kill them. 9:27That
day Joshua made those wood cutters and drawers of water for the congregation,
and for the altar of Yahweh, to this day, in the place which he should
choose.

10:1Now it happened, when Adoni-zedek
king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed
it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her
king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were
among them; 10:2that
they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal
cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men of it were
mighty. 10:3Therefore
Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, and to Piram
king of Jarmuth, and to Japhia
king of Lachish, and to Debir king of Eglon, saying, 10:4Come up to me, and help me, and let us strike
Gibeon; for it has made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel. 10:5Therefore the
five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the
king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they
and all their hosts, and encamped against Gibeon, and made war against it. 10:6The men of Gibeon
sent to Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Don't slack your hand from your
servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings
of the Amorites that dwell in the hill-country are gathered together against
us. 10:7So
Joshua went up from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all
the mighty men of valor. 10:8Yahweh
said to Joshua, Don't fear them: for I have delivered them into your hands;
there shall not a man of them stand before you. 10:9Joshua therefore came on them
suddenly; for he went up from Gilgal all the night. 10:10Yahweh confused them before Israel,
and he killed them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them by the
way of the ascent of Beth Horon, and struck them to
Azekah, and to Makkedah. 10:11It happened,
as they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth Horon, that
Yahweh cast down great stones from the sky on them to Azekah,
and they died: they were more who died with the hailstones than they whom the
children of Israel killed with the sword. 10:12Then spoke Joshua to Yahweh in the
day when Yahweh delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel; and
he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand you still on Gibeon; You, Moon, in
the valley of Aijalon. 10:13The sun stood still, and the moon
stayed, Until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. Isn't this
written in the book of Jashar? The sun stayed in
the midst of the sky, and didn't hurry to go down about a whole day. 10:14There was no
day like that before it or after it, that Yahweh
listened to the voice of a man: for Yahweh fought for Israel. 10:15Joshua returned, and all Israel with
him, to the camp to Gilgal. 10:16These
five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.
10:17It was
told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah. 10:18Joshua
said, Roll great stones to the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to keep
them: 10:19but
don't stay; pursue after your enemies, and strike the hindmost of them; don't
allow them to enter into their cities: for Yahweh your God has delivered them
into your hand. 10:20It
happened, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of killing
them with a very great slaughter, until they were consumed, and the remnant
which remained of them had entered into the fortified cities, 10:21that all the people returned to the
camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his
tongue against any of the children of Israel. 10:22Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of
the cave, and bring forth those five kings to me out of the cave. 10:23They did so,
and brought forth those five kings to him out of the cave, the king of
Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth,
the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon. 10:24It happened,
when they brought forth those kings to Joshua, that Joshua called for all the
men of Israel, and said to the chiefs of the men of war who went with him,
Come near, put your feet on the necks of these kings. They came near, and put
their feet on the necks of them. 10:25Joshua
said to them, Don't be afraid, nor be dismayed; be strong and of good
courage: for thus shall Yahweh do to all your enemies against whom you fight.
10:26Afterward
Joshua struck them, and put them to death, and hanged them on five trees: and
they were hanging on the trees until the evening. 10:27It happened at the time of the going
down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the
trees, and cast them into the cave in which they had hidden themselves, and
laid great stones on the mouth of the cave, to this very day. 10:28Joshua took Makkedah
on that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and the king of it: he
utterly destroyed them and all the souls who were therein; he left none
remaining; and he did to the king of Makkedah as he
had done to the king of Jericho. 10:29Joshua
passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah:
10:30and Yahweh
delivered it also, and the king of it, into the hand of Israel; and he struck
it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls who were therein; he left
none remaining in it; and he did to the king of it as he had done to the king
of Jericho. 10:31Joshua
passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, to
Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it: 10:32and Yahweh delivered Lachish into
the hand of Israel; and he took it on the second day, and struck it with the
edge of the sword, and all the souls who were therein, according to all that
he had done to Libnah. 10:33Then Horam
king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua struck him and his people,
until he had left him none remaining. 10:34Joshua passed from Lachish, and all
Israel with him, to Eglon; and they encamped
against it, and fought against it; 10:35and they took it on that day, and struck
it with the edge of the sword; and all the souls who were therein he utterly
destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish. 10:36Joshua went
up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, to Hebron;
and they fought against it: 10:37and
they took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and the king of it,
and all the cities of it, and all the souls who were therein; he left none
remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon;
but he utterly destroyed it, and all the souls who were therein. 10:38Joshua
returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir, and
fought against it: 10:39and
he took it, and the king of it, and all the cities of it; and they struck
them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls who were
therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king of it; as he had done also to Libnah, and to the king of it. 10:40So Joshua struck all the land, the
hill-country, and the South, and the lowland, and the slopes, and all their
kings: he left none remaining, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as
Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded. 10:41Joshua struck them from Kadesh-barnea even to Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even
to Gibeon. 10:42All
these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because Yahweh, the
God of Israel, fought for Israel. 10:43Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the
camp to Gilgal.

11:1It happened, when Jabin king of Hazor heard of it, that he sent to Jobab
king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,
11:2and to the
kings who were on the north, in the hill-country, and in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, and
in the lowland, and in the heights of Dor on the
west, 11:3to the
Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite, and the Hittite, and
the Perizzite, and the Jebusite
in the hill-country, and the Hivite under Hermon in
the land of Mizpah. 11:4They went out, they and all their
hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore in
multitude, with horses and chariots very many. 11:5All these kings met together; and
they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom,
to fight with Israel. 11:6Yahweh
said to Joshua, Don't be afraid because of them; for tomorrow at this time
will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: you shall hamstring their
horses, and burn their chariots with fire. 11:7So Joshua came, and all the people of
war with him, against them by the waters of Merom
suddenly, and fell on them. 11:8Yahweh
delivered them into the hand of Israel, and they struck them, and chased them
to great Sidon, and to Misrephoth Maim, and to the
valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they struck them,
until they left them none remaining. 11:9Joshua did to them as Yahweh bade
him: he hamstrung their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire. 11:10Joshua turned
back at that time, and took Hazor, and struck the
king of it with the sword: for Hazor before was the
head of all those kingdoms. 11:11They
struck all the souls who were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly
destroying them; there was none left who breathed: and he burnt Hazor with fire. 11:12All the cities of those kings, and
all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and he struck them with the edge of
the sword, and utterly destroyed them; as Moses the servant of Yahweh
commanded. 11:13But
as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them,
save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn. 11:14All the spoil
of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey to
themselves; but every man they struck with the edge of the sword, until they
had destroyed them, neither left they any who breathed. 11:15As Yahweh commanded Moses his
servant, so did Moses command Joshua: and so did Joshua; he left nothing
undone of all that Yahweh commanded Moses. 11:16So Joshua took all that land, the
hill-country, and all the South, and all the land of Goshen, and the lowland,
and the Arabah, and the hill-country of Israel, and
the lowland of the same; 11:17from
Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir,
even to Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon under Mount Hermon: and all their
kings he took, and struck them, and put them to death. 11:18Joshua made war a long time with all
those kings. 11:19There
was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: they took all in
battle. 11:20For
it was of Yahweh to harden their hearts, to come against Israel in battle, that
he might utterly destroy them, that they might have no favor, but that he
might destroy them, as Yahweh commanded Moses. 11:21Joshua came at that time, and cut
off the Anakim from the hill-country, from Hebron,
from Debir, from Anab,
and from all the hill-country of Judah, and from all the hill-country of
Israel: Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities. 11:22There was none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel: only
in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, did some remain. 11:23So Joshua took the whole land,
according to all that Yahweh spoke to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an
inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. The land
had rest from war.

12:1Now these are the kings of the land, whom the children of Israel
struck, and possessed their land beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise, from
the valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon, and all
the Arabah eastward: 12:2Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived
in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer,
which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon,
and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and half Gilead,
even to the river Jabbok, the border of the children of Ammon; 12:3and the Arabah
to the sea of Chinneroth, eastward, and to the sea
of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, eastward, the way
to Beth-jeshimoth; and on the south, under the
slopes of Pisgah: 12:4and
the border of Og king of Bashan, of the remnant of
the Rephaim, who lived at Ashtaroth
and at Edrei, 12:5and ruled in Mount Hermon, and in Salecah, and in all Bashan, to the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites,
and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon. 12:6Moses
the servant of Yahweh and the children of Israel struck them: and Moses the
servant of Yahweh gave it for a possession to the Reubenites,
and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. 12:7These are the
kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel struck beyond the
Jordan westward, from Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon even to Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir;
and Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel for a possession according to
their divisions; 12:8in
the hill-country, and in the lowland, and in the Arabah,
and in the slopes, and in the wilderness, and in the South; the Hittite, the
Amorite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: 12:9the king of
Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one; 12:10the king of Jerusalem, one; the king
of Hebron, one; 12:11the
king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; 12:12the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one; 12:13the king of Debir,
one; the king of Geder, one; 12:14the king of Hormah,
one; the king of Arad, one; 12:15the
king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one; 12:16the king of Makkedah,
one; the king of Bethel, one; 12:17the
king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one; 12:18the
king of Aphek, one; the king of Lassharon,
one; 12:19the
king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor,
one; 12:20the
king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one; 12:21the king of Taanach,
one; the king of Megiddo, one; 12:22the
king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one; 12:23the king of Dor
in the height of Dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one; 12:24the king of Tirzah, one: all the
kings thirty-one.

13:1Now Joshua was old and well stricken in years; and Yahweh
said to him, You are old and well stricken in years, and there remains yet
very much land to be possessed. 13:2This
is the land that yet remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all the
Geshurites; 13:3from the Shihor,
which is before Egypt, even to the border of Ekron
northward, which is reckoned to the Canaanites; the five lords of the
Philistines; the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites,
the Gittites, and the Ekronites;
also the Avvim, 13:4on the south; all the land of the
Canaanites, and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians, to Aphek, to the
border of the Amorites; 13:5and
the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward
the sunrise, from Baal Gad under Mount Hermon to the entrance of Hamath; 13:6all
the inhabitants of the hill-country from Lebanon to Misrephoth
Maim, even all the Sidonians; them will I drive out
from before the children of Israel: only allot you it to Israel for an
inheritance, as I have commanded you. 13:7Now therefore divide this land for an
inheritance to the nine tribes, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. 13:8With him the Reubenites and the Gadites
received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond the Jordan
eastward, even as Moses the servant of Yahweh gave them: 13:9from Aroer,
that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and
the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain of Medeba to Dibon; 13:10and all the
cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned
in Heshbon, to the border of the children of Ammon;
13:11and
Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan to Salecah; 13:12all
the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei (the
same was left of the remnant of the Rephaim); for
these did Moses strike, and drove them out. 13:13Nevertheless the children of Israel
didn't drive out the Geshurites, nor the Maacathites: but Geshur and Maacath dwell in the midst of Israel to this day. 13:14Only to the
tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance; the offerings of Yahweh, the God of
Israel, made by fire are his inheritance, as he spoke to him. 13:15Moses gave to the tribe of the
children of Reuben according to their families. 13:16Their border was from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley,
and all the plain by Medeba; 13:17Heshbon, and all its cities that are
in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth
Baal, and Beth Baal Meon, 13:18and Jahaz,
and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
13:19and Kiriathaim, and Sibmah, and Zereth-shahar in the mount of the valley, 13:20and Beth Peor,
and the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth, 13:21and all the
cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon
king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom
Moses struck with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the princes of Sihon,
who lived in the land. 13:22Balaam
also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the
children of Israel kill with the sword among the rest of their slain. 13:23The border of
the children of Reuben was the Jordan, and the border of it. This was
the inheritance of the children of Reuben according to their families, the
cities and the villages of it. 13:24Moses
gave to the tribe of Gad, to the children of Gad, according to their
families. 13:25Their
border was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and
half the land of the children of Ammon, to Aroer
that is before Rabbah; 13:26and from Heshbon
to RamathMizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim to
the border of Debir; 13:27and in the valley, Beth Haram, and
Beth Nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon,
the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan and the border of it, to the
uttermost part of the sea of Chinnereth beyond the
Jordan eastward. 13:28This
is the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families, the
cities and the villages of it. 13:29Moses
gave inheritance to the half-tribe of Manasseh: and it was for the
half-tribe of the children of Manasseh according to their families. 13:30Their border
was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are
in Bashan, sixty cities: 13:31and
half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei,
the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for
the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even
for the half of the children of Machir according to
their families. 13:32These
are the inheritances which Moses distributed in the plains of Moab, beyond
the Jordan at Jericho, eastward. 13:33But
to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance: Yahweh, the God of Israel, is
their inheritance, as he spoke to them.

14:1These are the inheritances which the children of Israel took
in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest,
and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the
tribes of the children of Israel, distributed to them, 14:2by the lot of their inheritance, as
Yahweh commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe. 14:3For Moses had
given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe beyond the Jordan:
but to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them. 14:4For the children of Joseph were two
tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: and they gave no portion to the Levites in the
land, save cities to dwell in, with the suburbs of it for their cattle and
for their substance. 14:5As
Yahweh commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did; and they divided the
land. 14:6Then
the children of Judah drew near to Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to
him, You know the thing that Yahweh spoke to Moses the man of God concerning
me and concerning you in Kadesh-barnea. 14:7Forty years old
was I when Moses the servant of Yahweh sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land; and I brought him word again
as it was in my heart. 14:8Nevertheless
my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I
wholly followed Yahweh my God. 14:9Moses
swore on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon your foot has trodden
shall be an inheritance to you and to your children forever, because you have
wholly followed Yahweh my God. 14:10Now,
behold, Yahweh has kept me alive, as he spoke, these forty-five years, from
the time that Yahweh spoke this word to Moses, while Israel walked in the
wilderness: and now, behold, I am this day eighty-five years old. 14:11As yet I am
as strong this day as I as in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was
then, even so is my strength now, for war, and to go out and to come in. 14:12Now therefore
give me this hill-country, of which Yahweh spoke in that day; for you heard
in that day how the Anakim were there, and cities
great and fortified: it may be that Yahweh will be with me, and I shall drive
them out, as Yahweh spoke. 14:13Joshua
blessed him; and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh
for an inheritance. 14:14Therefore
Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh
the Kenizzite to this day; because that he wholly
followed Yahweh, the God of Israel. 14:15Now the name of Hebron before was KiriathArba; which Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. The land had rest from war.

15:1The lot for the tribe of the children of Judah according to
their families was to the border of Edom, even to the wilderness of Zin southward, at the uttermost part of the south. 15:2Their south
border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looks
southward; 15:3and
it went out southward of the ascent of Akrabbim,
and passed along to Zin, and went up by the south
of Kadesh-barnea, and passed along by Hezron, and went up to Addar,
and turned about to Karka; 15:4and it passed along to Azmon, and went out at the brook of Egypt; and the goings
out of the border were at the sea: this shall be your south border. 15:5The east border
was the Salt Sea, even to the end of the Jordan. The border of the north
quarter was from the bay of the sea at the end of the Jordan; 15:6and the border went up to Beth Hoglah, and passed along by the north of Beth Arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben; 15:7and the border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor,
and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is over against the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the river; and the
border passed along to the waters of EnShemesh, and the goings out of it were at EnRogel; 15:8and the border went up by the valley
of the son of Hinnom to the side of the Jebusite southward (the same is Jerusalem); and the
border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the uttermost part of the
valley of Rephaim northward; 15:9and the border extended from the top
of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah,
and went out to the cities of Mount Ephron; and the border extended to Baalah (the same is KiriathJearim); 15:10and
the border turned about from Baalah westward to
Mount Seir, and passed along to the side of Mount Jearim on the north (the same is Chesalon),
and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed along by Timnah; 15:11and
the border went out to the side of Ekron northward;
and the border extended to Shikkeron, and passed
along to Mount Baalah, and went out at Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the
sea. 15:12The
west border was to the great sea, and the border of it. This is the
border of the children of Judah round about according to their families. 15:13To Caleb the
son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the
children of Judah, according to the commandment of Yahweh to Joshua, even KiriathArba, which Arba was the father of Anak
(the same is Hebron). 15:14Caleb
drove out there the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. 15:15He went up
there against the inhabitants of Debir: now the
name of Debir before was KiriathSepher. 15:16Caleb said, He who strikes KiriathSepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife. 15:17Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife. 15:18It happened, when she came to him,
that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she alighted from off
her donkey; and Caleb said, What would you? 15:19She said, Give me a blessing; for
that you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water.
He gave her the upper springs and the lower springs. 15:20This is the inheritance of the tribe
of the children of Judah according to their families. 15:21The uttermost cities of the tribe of
the children of Judah toward the border of Edom in the South were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur, 15:22and Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah, 15:23and
Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan, 15:24Ziph,
and Telem, and Bealoth, 15:25Hazor Hadattah, Kerioth, Hezron (the same is Hazor), 15:26Amam, and
Shema, and Moladah, 15:27and HazarGaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth Pelet, 15:28and
HazarShual, and
Beersheba, and Biziothiah, 15:29Baalah, and Iim,
and Ezem, 15:30and Eltolad,
and Chesil, and Hormah, 15:31and Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah, 15:32and
Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and
Ain, and Rimmon: all the
cities are twenty-nine, with their villages. 15:33In the lowland, Eshtaol,
and Zorah, and Ashnah, 15:34and Zanoah, and EnGannim, Tappuah, and Enam, 15:35Jarmuth,
and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah, 15:36and
Shaaraim, and Adithaim,
and Gederah, and Gederothaim;
fourteen cities with their villages. 15:37Zenan, and Hadashah,
and Migdal-gad, 15:38and Dilean,
and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
15:39Lachish,
and Bozkath, and Eglon, 15:40and Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Chitlish, 15:41and
Gederoth, Beth Dagon, and Naamah,
and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages. 15:42Libnah, and
Ether, and Ashan, 15:43and Iphtah,
and Ashnah, and Nezib, 15:44and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages. 15:45Ekron, with
its towns and its villages; 15:46from
Ekron even to the sea, all that were by the side of
Ashdod, with their villages. 15:47Ashdod,
its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; to the brook of
Egypt, and the great sea, and the border of it. 15:48In the hill-country, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh, 15:49and Dannah, and KiriathSannah (the same is Debir), 15:50and Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim, 15:51and
Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with
their villages. 15:52Arab,
and Dumah, and Eshan, 15:53and Janim, and Beth Tappuah, and Aphekah, 15:54and
Humtah, and KiriathArba (the same is Hebron), and Zior;
nine cities with their villages. 15:55Maon,
Carmel, and Ziph, and Jutah,
15:56and Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah, 15:57Kain,
Gibeah, and Timnah; ten
cities with their villages. 15:58Halhul,
Beth Zur, and Gedor, 15:59and Maarath, and Beth Anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages. 15:60Kiriath Baal (the same is KiriathJearim), and Rabbah; two cities with their villages. 15:61In the wilderness, Beth Arabah, Middin, and Secacah, 15:62and
Nibshan, and the City of Salt, and EnGedi; six cities with their
villages. 15:63As
for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
the children of Judah couldn't drive them out: but the Jebusites
dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.

16:1The lot came out for the children of Joseph from the Jordan
at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, even the wilderness, going
up from Jericho through the hill-country to Bethel; 16:2and it went out from Bethel to Luz,
and passed along to the border of the Archites to Ataroth; 16:3and
it went down westward to the border of the Japhletites,
to the border of Beth Horon the lower, even to
Gezer; and the goings out of it were at the sea. 16:4The children of Joseph, Manasseh and
Ephraim, took their inheritance. 16:5The
border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus:
the border of their inheritance eastward was AtarothAddar, to Beth Horon the
upper; 16:6and
the border went out westward at Michmethath on the
north; and the border turned about eastward to Taanath
Shiloh, and passed along it on the east of Janoah; 16:7and it went
down from Janoah to Ataroth,
and to Naarah, and reached to Jericho, and went out
at the Jordan. 16:8From
Tappuah the border went along westward to the brook
of Kanah; and the goings out of it were at the sea.
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to
their families; 16:9together
with the cities which were set apart for the children of Ephraim in the midst
of the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their
villages. 16:10They
didn't drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell
in the midst of Ephraim to this day, and are become servants to do forced
labor.

17:1This
was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph. As
for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of
Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan. 17:2So the lot
was for the rest of the children of Manasseh according to their families: for
the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel,
and for the children of Shechem, and for the
children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son
of Joseph according to their families. 17:3But Zelophehad,
the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters:
and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah,
and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah,
and Tirzah. 17:4They
came near before Eleazar the priest, and before
Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, Yahweh commanded Moses
to give us an inheritance among our brothers: therefore according to the
commandment of Yahweh he gave them an inheritance among the brothers of their
father. 17:5There
fell ten parts to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is
beyond the Jordan; 17:6because
the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons. The land of
Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh. 17:7The border of Manasseh was from Asher
to Michmethath, which is before Shechem;
and the border went along to the right hand, to the inhabitants of EnTappuah. 17:8The land of Tappuah
belonged to Manasseh; but Tappuah on the border of
Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim. 17:9The border went down to the brook of Kanah, southward of the brook: these cities belonged to
Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh: and the border of Manasseh was on the
north side of the brook, and the goings out of it were at the sea: 17:10southward it
was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea was his border;
and they reached to Asher on the north, and to Issachar on the east. 17:11Manasseh had
in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and its towns,
and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and
its towns, even the three heights. 17:12Yet the children of Manasseh
couldn't drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites
would dwell in that land. 17:13It
happened, when the children of Israel had grown strong, that they put the
Canaanites to forced labor, and didn't utterly drive them out. 17:14The children
of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, Why have you given me but one lot and one
part for an inheritance, seeing I am a great people, because hitherto Yahweh
has blessed me? 17:15Joshua
said to them, If you are a great people, go up to the forest, and cut down
for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites
and of the Rephaim; since the hill-country of
Ephraim is too narrow for you. 17:16The
children of Joseph said, The hill-country is not enough for us: and all the
Canaanites who dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both
they who are in Beth-shean and its towns, and they
who are in the valley of Jezreel. 17:17Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph,
even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, You are a great people, and have
great power; you shall not have one lot only: 17:18but the hill-country shall be yours;
for though it is a forest, you shall cut it down, and the goings out of it
shall be yours; for you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have
chariots of iron, and though they are strong.

18:1The whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled
themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there: and the
land was subdued before them. 18:2There
remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet divided
their inheritance. 18:3Joshua
said to the children of Israel, How long are you slack to go in to possess
the land, which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you? 18:4Appoint for you
three men of each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall arise, and walk
through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; and they
shall come to me. 18:5They
shall divide it into seven portions: Judah shall abide in his border on the
south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their border on the north. 18:6You shall
describe the land into seven portions, and bring the description here
to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Yahweh our God. 18:7For the Levites
have no portion among you; for the priesthood of Yahweh is their inheritance:
and Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their
inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of Yahweh
gave them. 18:8The
men arose, and went: and Joshua charged those who went to describe the land,
saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me;
and I will cast lots for you here before Yahweh in Shiloh. 18:9The men went and passed through the
land, and described it by cities into seven portions in a book; and they came
to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh. 18:10Joshua
cast lots for them in Shiloh before Yahweh: and there Joshua divided the land
to the children of Israel according to their divisions. 18:11The lot of the tribe of the children
of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the border of their lot
went out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph. 18:12Their border
on the north quarter was from the Jordan; and the border went up to the side
of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill-country westward; and
the goings out of it were at the wilderness of Beth Aven.
18:13The border
passed along from there to Luz, to the side of Luz (the same is Bethel),
southward; and the border went down to AtarothAddar, by the mountain that lies on the south of Beth Horon the lower. 18:14The border extended there,
and turned about on the west quarter southward, from the mountain that lies
before Beth Horon southward; and the goings out of
it were at Kiriath Baal (the same is KiriathJearim), a city of the
children of Judah: this was the west quarter. 18:15The south quarter was from the
uttermost part of KiriathJearim;
and the border went out westward, and went out to the spring of the waters of
Nephtoah; 18:16and the border went down to the
uttermost part of the mountain that lies before the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the valley of Rephaim
northward; and it went down to the valley of Hinnom,
to the side of the Jebusite southward, and went
down to EnRogel; 18:17and it
extended northward, and went out at EnShemesh, and went out to Geliloth,
which is over against the ascent of Adummim; and it
went down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben; 18:18and it passed
along to the side over against the Arabah
northward, and went down to the Arabah; 18:19and the
border passed along to the side of Beth Hoglah
northward; and the goings out of the border were at the north bay of the Salt
Sea, at the south end of the Jordan: this was the south border. 18:20The Jordan
was the border of it on the east quarter. This was the inheritance of the
children of Benjamin, by the borders of it round about, according to their
families. 18:21Now
the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their
families were Jericho, and Beth Hoglah, and EmekKeziz, 18:22and Beth Arabah,
and Zemaraim, and Bethel, 18:23and Avvim,
and Parah, and Ophrah, 18:24and ChepharAmmoni, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities
with their villages: 18:25Gibeon,
and Ramah, and Beeroth, 18:26and Mizpeh,
and Chephirah, and Mozah,
18:27and Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, 18:28and
Zelah, Eleph, and the Jebusite (the same is Jerusalem), Gibeath,
andKiriath; fourteen cities with their
villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to
their families.

19:1The second lot came out for Simeon, even for the tribe of
the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was
in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Judah. 19:2They had for their inheritance
Beersheba, or Sheba, and Moladah, 19:3and HazarShual, and Balah, and Ezem, 19:4and
Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah, 19:5and
Ziklag, and Beth Marcaboth,
and Hazar Susah, 19:6and Beth Lebaoth,
and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with their villages: 19:7Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan;
four cities with their villages: 19:8and
all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath
Beer, Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the
children of Simeon according to their families. 19:9Out of the part of the children of
Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon; for the portion of the
children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had
inheritance in the midst of their inheritance. 19:10The third lot came up for the
children of Zebulun according to their families; and the border of their
inheritance was to Sarid; 19:11and their border went up westward,
even to Maralah, and reached to Dabbesheth;
and it reached to the brook that is before Jokneam;
19:12and it
turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrise to
the border of Chisloth Tabor; and it went out to Daberath, and went up to Japhia;
19:13and from
there it passed along eastward to Gath Hepher, to
Eth-kazin; and it went out at Rimmon
which stretches to Neah; 19:14and the border turned about it on
the north to Hannathon; and the goings out of it
were at the valley of Iphtah El; 19:15and Kattath,
and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Idalah,
and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages. 19:16This is the inheritance of the
children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their
villages. 19:17The
fourth lot came out for Issachar, even for the children of Issachar according
to their families. 19:18Their
border was to Jezreel, and Chesulloth,
and Shunem, 19:19and Hapharaim,
and Shion, and Anaharath,
19:20and Rabbith, and Kishion, and Ebez, 19:21and
Remeth, and Engannim, and
EnHaddah, and Beth Pazzez, 19:22and
the border reached to Tabor, and Shahazumah, and
Beth-shemesh; and the goings out of their border
were at the Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages. 19:23This is the inheritance of the tribe
of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities with
their villages. 19:24The
fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their
families. 19:25Their
border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph, 19:26and Allammelech, and Amad, and Mishal; and it reached to Carmel westward, and to Shihorlibnath; 19:27and it turned toward the sunrise to
Beth Dagon, and reached to Zebulun, and to the valley of Iphtah
El northward to Beth Emek and Neiel;
and it went out to Cabul on the left hand, 19:28and Ebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even to
great Sidon; 19:29and
the border turned to Ramah, and to the fortified city of Tyre;
and the border turned to Hosah; and the goings out
of it were at the sea by the region of Achzib; 19:30Ummah also,
and Aphek, and Rehob:
twenty-two cities with their villages. 19:31This is the inheritance of the tribe
of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their
villages. 19:32The
sixth lot came out for the children of Naphtali, even for the children of
Naphtali according to their families. 19:33Their border was from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim,
and Adaminekeb, and Jabneel,
to Lakkum; and the goings out of it were at the
Jordan; 19:34and
the border turned westward to Aznoth Tabor, and
went out from there to Hukkok; and it reached to
Zebulun on the south, and reached to Asher on the west, and to Judah at the
Jordan toward the sunrise. 19:35The
fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer,
and Hammath, Rakkath, and
Chinnereth, 19:36and Adamah,
and Ramah, and Hazor, 19:37and Kedesh,
and Edrei, and EnHazor, 19:38Iron,
and Migdal-el, Horem, and
Beth Anath, and Beth-shemesh;
nineteen cities with their villages. 19:39This is the inheritance of the tribe
of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities with
their villages. 19:40The
seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their
families. 19:41The
border of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh, 19:42and Shaalabbin, and Aijalon, and Ithlah, 19:43and
Elon, and Timnah, and Ekron,
19:44and Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath, 19:45and
Jehud, and Bene-berak,
and Gath-rimmon, 19:46and Me-jarkon,
and Rakkon, with the border over against Joppa. 19:47The border of
the children of Dan went out beyond them; for the children of Dan went up and
fought against Leshem, and took it, and struck it
with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and lived therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father. 19:48This is the
inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families,
these cities with their villages. 19:49So they made an end of distributing the land for
inheritance by the borders of it; and the children of Israel gave an
inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun in the midst of them: 19:50according to the commandment of
Yahweh they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah
in the hill-country of Ephraim; and he built the city, and lived therein. 19:51These are the
inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua
the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of
the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance by lot in Shiloh before
Yahweh, at the door of the tent of meeting. So they made an end of dividing
the land.

20:1Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying, 20:2Speak to the children of Israel,
saying, Assign you the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by Moses, 20:3that the
manslayer who kills any person unwittingly and unawares may flee
there: and they shall be to you for a refuge from the avenger of blood. 20:4He shall flee
to one of those cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the
city, and declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city; and they
shall take him into the city to them, and give him a place, that he may dwell
among them. 20:5If
the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up the
manslayer into his hand; because he struck his neighbor unawares, and didn't
hate him before. 20:6He
shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for
judgment, until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days:
then shall the manslayer return, and come to his own city, and to his own
house, to the city from whence he fled. 20:7They set apart Kedesh
in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem
in the hill-country of Ephraim, and KiriathArba (the same is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah. 20:8Beyond the
Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in
the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in
Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. 20:9These were the appointed cities for
all the children of Israel, and for the stranger who sojourns among them,
that whoever kills any person unwittingly might flee there, and not die by
the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.

21:1Then came near the heads of fathers' houses of the
Levites to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the
son of Nun, and to the heads of fathers' houses of the tribes of the
children of Israel; 21:2and
they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, Yahweh commanded
Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs of it for our cattle. 21:3The children of
Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the
commandment of Yahweh, these cities with their suburbs. 21:4The lot came out for the families of
the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the
priest, who were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and
out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the
tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities. 21:5The rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of
Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh,
ten cities. 21:6The
children of Gershon had by lot out of the families
of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe
of Naphtali, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen
cities. 21:7The
children of Merari according to their families had
out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe
of Zebulun, twelve cities. 21:8The
children of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their
suburbs, as Yahweh commanded by Moses. 21:9They gave out of the tribe of the
children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these
cities which are here mentioned by name: 21:10and they were for the children of
Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were
of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot. 21:11They gave them KiriathArba, which Arba was
the father of Anak (the same is Hebron), in the
hill-country of Judah, with the suburbs of it round about it. 21:12But the fields of the city, and the
villages of it, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession. 21:13To the children of Aaron the priest
they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Libnah with its suburbs, 21:14and Jattir
with its suburbs, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs, 21:15and Holon with
its suburbs, and Debir with its suburbs, 21:16and Ain with its suburbs, and Juttah
with its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with its
suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes. 21:17Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon
with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs, 21:18Anathoth with
its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs; four
cities. 21:19All
the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with
their suburbs. 21:20The
families of the children of Kohath, the Levites,
even the rest of the children of Kohath, they had
the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. 21:21They gave them Shechem
with its suburbs in the hill-country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the
manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs, 21:22and Kibzaim
with its suburbs, and Beth Horon with its suburbs;
four cities. 21:23Out
of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs, 21:24Aijalon with its suburbs, Gath-rimmon with its suburbs; four cities. 21:25Out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its suburbs, and Gath-rimmon
with its suburbs; two cities. 21:26All
the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath
were ten with their suburbs. 21:27To
the children of Gershon, of the families of the
Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan
with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Be-eshterah with its suburbs; two cities. 21:28Out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its suburbs, Daberath
with its suburbs, 21:29Jarmuth
with its suburbs, EnGannim
with its suburbs; four cities. 21:30Out
of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its suburbs,
Abdon with its suburbs, 21:31Helkath
with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; four
cities. 21:32Out
of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with
its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Hammothdor
with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs;
three cities. 21:33All
the cities of the Gershonites according to their
families were thirteen cities with their suburbs. 21:34To the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of
Zebulun, Jokneam with its suburbs, and Kartah with its suburbs, 21:35Dimnah with its suburbs, Nahalal
with its suburbs; four cities. 21:36Out
of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its suburbs, and
Jahaz with its suburbs, 21:37Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; four cities. 21:38Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for
the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs, 21:39Heshbon with
its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in
all. 21:40All these
were the cities of the children of Merari
according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites;
and their lot was twelve cities. 21:41All
the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of
Israel were forty-eight cities with their suburbs. 21:42These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus it
was with all these cities. 21:43So
Yahweh gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers;
and they possessed it, and lived therein. 21:44Yahweh gave them rest round about,
according to all that he swore to their fathers: and there stood not a man of
all their enemies before them; Yahweh delivered all their enemies into their
hand. 21:45There
failed not anything of any good thing which Yahweh had spoken to the house of
Israel; all came to pass.

22:1Then Joshua called the Reubenites,
and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, 22:2and said to
them, You have kept all that Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, and
have listened to my voice in all that I commanded you: 22:3you have not left your brothers these
many days to this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of Yahweh
your God. 22:4Now
Yahweh your God has given rest to your brothers, as he spoke to them:
therefore now turn you, and get you to your tents, to the land of your
possession, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave you beyond the Jordan. 22:5Only take
diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of
Yahweh commanded you, to love Yahweh your God, and to walk in all his ways,
and to keep his commandments, and to cleave to him, and to serve him with all
your heart and with all your soul. 22:6So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and
they went to their tents. 22:7Now
to the one half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given inheritance in
Bashan; but to the other half gave Joshua among their brothers beyond the
Jordan westward; moreover when Joshua sent them away to their tents, he
blessed them, 22:8and
spoke to them, saying, Return with much wealth to your tents, and with very
much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and
with very much clothing: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brothers.
22:9The children
of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned,
and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land
of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession,
which they owned, according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses. 22:10When they
came to the region about the Jordan, that is in the land of Canaan, the
children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh
built there an altar by the Jordan, a great altar to look on. 22:11The children of Israel heard say,
Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of
Manasseh have built an altar in the forefront of the land of Canaan, in the
region about the Jordan, on the side that pertains to the children of Israel.
22:12When the
children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of
Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up against them to war. 22:13The children
of Israel sent to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to
the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, 22:14and with him ten princes, one prince
of a fathers' house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were everyone
of them head of their fathers' houses among the thousands of Israel. 22:15They came to
the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of
Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying, 22:16Thus says the
whole congregation of Yahweh, What trespass is this that you have committed
against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following Yahweh, in
that you have built you an altar, to rebel this day against Yahweh? 22:17Is the
iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we
have not cleansed ourselves to this day, although there came a plague on the
congregation of Yahweh, 22:18that
you must turn away this day from following Yahweh? and
it will be, seeing you rebel today against Yahweh, that tomorrow he will be
angry with the whole congregation of Israel. 22:19However, if the land of your
possession be unclean, then pass over to the land of the possession of
Yahweh, in which Yahweh's tent dwells, and take possession among us: but
don't rebel against Yahweh, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar
besides the altar of Yahweh our God. 22:20Didn't Achan
the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the devoted
thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and
that man didn't perish alone in his iniquity. 22:21Then the children of Reuben and the
children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and spoke to the
heads of the thousands of Israel, 22:22The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, the Mighty One, God,
Yahweh, he knows; and Israel he shall know: if it be in rebellion, or if in
trespass against Yahweh (don't save us this day), 22:23that we have built us an altar to
turn away from following Yahweh; or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meal-offering,
or if to offer sacrifices of peace-offerings thereon, let Yahweh himself
require it; 22:24and
if we have not rather out of carefulness done this, and of
purpose, saying, In time to come your children might speak to our children,
saying, What have you to do with Yahweh, the God of Israel? 22:25for Yahweh has made the Jordan a
border between us and you, you children of Reuben and children of Gad; you
have no portion in Yahweh: so might your children make our children cease
from fearing Yahweh. 22:26Therefore
we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor
for sacrifice: 22:27but
it shall be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after
us, that we may do the service of Yahweh before him with our burnt offerings,
and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings; that your children may
not tell our children in time to come, You have no portion in Yahweh. 22:28Therefore
said we, It shall be, when they so tell us or to our generations in time to
come, that we shall say, Behold the pattern of the altar of Yahweh, which our
fathers made, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness
between us and you. 22:29Far
be it from us that we should rebel against Yahweh, and turn away this day
from following Yahweh, to build an altar for burnt-offering, for
meal-offering, or for sacrifice, besides the altar of Yahweh our God that is
before his tent. 22:30When
Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation, even the heads of
the thousands of Israel that were with him, heard the words that the children
of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spoke, it
pleased them well. 22:31Phinehas
the son of Eleazar the priest said to the children
of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This
day we know that Yahweh is in the midst of us, because you have not committed
this trespass against Yahweh: now have you delivered the children of Israel out
of the hand of Yahweh. 22:32Phinehas
the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes,
returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of
the land of Gilead, to the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and
brought them word again. 22:33The
thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God,
and spoke no more of going up against them to war, to destroy the land in
which the children of Reuben and the children of Gad lived. 22:34The children of Reuben and the
children of Gad called the altar Ed: For, said they, it is a
witness between us that Yahweh is God.

23:1It happened after many days, when Yahweh had given rest to
Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua was old and well
stricken in years; 23:2that
Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for their heads, and for
their judges and for their officers, and said to them, I am old and well
stricken in years: 23:3and
you have seen all that Yahweh your God has done to all these nations because
of you; for Yahweh your God, he it is that has fought for you. 23:4Behold, I have allotted to you these
nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan,
with all the nations that I have cut off, even to the great sea toward the
going down of the sun. 23:5Yahweh
your God, he will thrust them out from before you,
and drive them from out of your sight; and you shall possess their land, as
Yahweh your God spoke to you. 23:6Therefore
be you very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of
the law of Moses, that you not turn aside from it to the right hand or to the
left; 23:7that
you not come among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make
mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither
serve them, nor bow down yourselves to them; 23:8but cleave to Yahweh your God, as you
have done to this day. 23:9For
Yahweh has driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for
you, no man has stood before you to this day. 23:10One man of you shall chase a
thousand; for Yahweh your God, he it is who fights for you, as he spoke to
you. 23:11Take
good heed therefore to yourselves, that you love Yahweh your God. 23:12Else if you
do at all go back, and cleave to the remnant of these nations, even these who
remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in to them, and they
to you; 23:13know
for a certainty that Yahweh your God will no more drive these nations from
out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap to you, and a scourge
in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good
land which Yahweh your God has given you. 23:14Behold, this day I am going the way
of all the earth: and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that
not one thing has failed of all the good things which Yahweh your God spoke
concerning you; all are happen to you, not one thing has failed of it. 23:15It shall
happen, that as all the good things are come on you of which Yahweh your God
spoke to you, so will Yahweh bring on you all the evil things, until he have
destroyed you from off this good land which Yahweh your God has given you. 23:16When you
disobey the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he commanded you, and go and
serve other gods, and bow down yourselves to them; then will the anger of
Yahweh be kindled against you, and you shall perish quickly from off the good
land which he has given to you.

24:1Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their
heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented
themselves before God. 24:2Joshua
said to all the people, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Your fathers
lived of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the
father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and
they served other gods. 24:3I
took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all
the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac. 24:4I gave to Isaac
Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau Mount Seir, to
possess it: and Jacob and his children went down into Egypt. 24:5I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued
Egypt, according to that which I did in the midst of it: and afterward I
brought you out. 24:6I
brought your fathers out of Egypt: and you came to the sea; and the Egyptians
pursued after your fathers with chariots and with horsemen to the Red Sea. 24:7When they cried
out to Yahweh, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the
sea on them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt: and you
lived in the wilderness many days. 24:8I brought you into the land of the Amorites, that lived beyond the Jordan: and they fought
with you; and I gave them into your hand, and you possessed their land; and I
destroyed them from before you. 24:9Then
Balak the son of Zippor,
king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel: and he sent and called Balaam
the son of Beor to curse you; 24:10but I would not listen to Balaam;
therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand. 24:11You went over
the Jordan, and came to Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you,
the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite,
and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I
delivered them into your hand. 24:12I
sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the
two kings of the Amorites; not with your sword, nor with your bow. 24:13I gave you a
land whereon you had not labored, and cities which you didn't build, and you
dwell therein; of vineyards and olive groves which you didn't plant do you
eat. 24:14Now
therefore fear Yahweh, and serve him in sincerity and in truth; and put away
the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt; and serve
you Yahweh. 24:15If
it seem evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose you this day whom you will serve;
whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the
gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we
will serve Yahweh. 24:16The
people answered, Far be it from us that we should forsake Yahweh, to serve
other gods; 24:17for
Yahweh our God, he it is who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of
Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight,
and preserved us in all the way in which we went, and among all the peoples
through the midst of whom we passed; 24:18and Yahweh drove out from before us
all the peoples, even the Amorites who lived in the land: therefore we also
will serve Yahweh; for he is our God. 24:19Joshua said to the people, You can't
serve Yahweh; for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive
your disobedience nor your sins. 24:20If
you forsake Yahweh, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you
evil, and consume you, after that he has done you good. 24:21The people said to Joshua, No; but
we will serve Yahweh. 24:22Joshua
said to the people, You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen
you Yahweh, to serve him. They said, We are witnesses. 24:23Now therefore put away, said he,
the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to Yahweh, the
God of Israel. 24:24The
people said to Joshua, Yahweh our God will we serve, and to his voice will we
listen. 24:25So
Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and
an ordinance in Shechem. 24:26Joshua wrote these words in the book
of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the
oak that was by the sanctuary of Yahweh. 24:27Joshua said to all the people,
Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it has heard all the
words of Yahweh which he spoke to us: it shall be therefore a witness against
you, lest you deny your God. 24:28So Joshua sent the people away,
every man to his inheritance. 24:29It
happened after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of
Yahweh, died, being one hundred ten years old. 24:30They buried him in the border of his
inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in the
hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.
24:31Israel
served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who
outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of Yahweh, that he had worked for
Israel. 24:32The
bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried
they in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which
Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money: and they became
the inheritance of the children of Joseph. 24:33Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and
they buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the
hill-country of Ephraim.